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It says I'm stuck with all this old junk and there is no source for new junk. Those two American Nose Pickers from Iowa have shown no interest in electrical junk, they don't even know what this junk is.

"New Jersey, the most American of all states. It has everything from wilderness to the Mafia. All the great things and all the worst, like Route 22."
Jean Shepherd K2ORS (SK) & WOR radio personality

Engaging a troll is like playing chess with a pigeon. The bird will just knock over the pieces, shit on the board, and fly away to declare victory to his friends.

I'm trying to get rid of all of the amplifier building/repair stuff, Mobile CB stuff, desktop computer repair spare parts.

I would sell my ICOM '706 before I would sell my antenna tuner. In fact, me selling my antenna tuner is the real sign that I have given up radio, not ready to do that yet.

I just advertised on a site called 'Nextdoor' looking for amateur radio builders / electronic experimenters. If I can find some interested party, I will donate it; who wants a VTVM now-a-days, a museum?

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A VTVM? I’d love one. Just no spare shekels at the moment.

You're only as young, or as old, as you feel.
Who have you felt up lately?

BAN THE DH!Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.

Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington, DC

Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

The Borg are wrong.
Resistance is NOT Futile.
Resistance is Voltage divided by Current

What does it say when, your local Amateur Radio clubs announce that the annual Ham-fests are SK?

They must be doing something wrong. (Or no longer had enough active/interested members to do the work)

I missed the post-WASHFest meeting, unfortunately, so I don’t know the exact number... but our net this year was bigger than last year, which was bigger than the year before, which was... you get the idea. Net was somewhere north of $3K, which isn’t bad for a little winter indoor hamfest.

And this was AFTER we lost our original location, a few years back, due to that hall being unavailable due to renovations.

You're only as young, or as old, as you feel.
Who have you felt up lately?

BAN THE DH!Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.

Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington, DC

Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

The Borg are wrong.
Resistance is NOT Futile.
Resistance is Voltage divided by Current